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Strange virtues : ethics in multicultural world / Bernard T. Adeney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c1995.Description: 286 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0830818553 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 241 20
LOC classification:
  • BR 115.C8 A33 1995
Contents:
Contents:
Introduction to crosscultural ethics -- Practicing theology in crosscultural experience -- Knowledge, friendship and wisdom -- The Bible and culture in ethics -- Cultural value orientations in contrast -- Strange communications -- Ethical theory and bribery -- The ethical challenge of other religions -- Women and men as strangers : gender conflict across cultures -- The unity of personal and social ethics -- Appendix : Maps or models of cultural value differences.
Summary: Summary:Summary: Strange Virtues is one of the first books to comprehensively consider ethics across cultures, addressing the ethical import of other religions and gender relations, exploring how the Bible and culture interact to produce ethical stances, and examining such particular case studies as bribery. It will be invaluable not only for missionaries, ethicists and students, but for all Christians who want to better understand neighbors right here at home.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BR 115 .C8 A33 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA002148 1 Available AUA002148
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BR 115 .C8 A33 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA012555 2 Available AUA012555

Includes bibliographical references (p.[259]-281) and index.

Contents:

Introduction to crosscultural ethics --
Practicing theology in crosscultural experience --
Knowledge, friendship and wisdom --
The Bible and culture in ethics --
Cultural value orientations in contrast --
Strange communications --
Ethical theory and bribery --
The ethical challenge of other religions --
Women and men as strangers : gender conflict across cultures --
The unity of personal and social ethics --
Appendix : Maps or models of cultural value differences.

Summary:

Strange Virtues is one of the first books to comprehensively consider ethics across cultures, addressing the ethical import of other religions and gender relations, exploring how the Bible and culture interact to produce ethical stances, and examining such particular case studies as bribery. It will be invaluable not only for missionaries, ethicists and students, but for all Christians who want to better understand neighbors right here at home.